PALLIATIVE
palliative
Noun
- Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
- The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
Adjective
- Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
- Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
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